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Brick Spiral Column

Hello my name is Eugene. I live in Southern California. I would like to build a brick spiral column to cover a steel support column. Does anyone have suggestions regarding how to approach this? Or any suggestions regarding books or online sources to consult? Thank you.

(post #99416, reply #4 of 12)

Are you thinking of stacking the bricks in a "skewed" bond pattern that would follow the column "around"?

Or, are you thinking of a final shape for the bricks that would be spiral?

Might help if you told us what shape metal column you are bricking around.

Might be all you are asking about is making a brick surround that's 1.5 bricks square (on long, one turned 90Âº to the end of that one). After you staggered the joints, it'd have a bit of a spiral effect, showing 8-4, 8-4, 8-4, etc.

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(post #99416, reply #5 of 12)

To me, the words he used would indicate a running bond that spirals onto itself ascending like the ramped exterior of the Babylonian towers, but that would be a disastor to trey to build. He must just mean a round column.

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(post #99416, reply #9 of 12)

You've probably seen photos of the columns in I think it's St. Pauls in the Vatican or maybe it's the Cistine Chapel. Anyway, they are like fat snakes running floor to ceiling with a helix, like a lock of curly hair that has been pulled tight. (Sorry about the mixed metaphor.) Would look cool if he could do that in brick!